note 101024 added to language.operators.array

PHP gets slaughtered when comparing large arrays and their rerefences. Except for object variables, there is no way to tell, whether or not 2 variables refer to the same data. Would it be really that difficult to introduce some kind of a reference compare operator? "&=" perhaps? ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 86.186.150.32 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.array.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/101024 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101024 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/101024 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php